The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-03-26
A BRILLIANT EVENT.
Exhibition Drill and Ball Of the Homo
lulu Rifles.

that gallant corps I'm their exhibition
drill at their armory, corner oi Bere-
tania and Punchbowl streets, last
night.
AT 8 o'clock, the appointed hour for
the drill TO begin, the spacious bGild-
ing, with large canvas extension on
the harbor side, was as full as it could
comfortably hold with spectators, the
guests of the Rifles. His Majesty
King Kalakaua sat on the right side,
midway down from the head of the
hall, upon a carpeted dais draped in
rear with the royal standard, and |
brightly decorated in front with flags |
The King was dressed in his full uni
form of a Prussian Colonel and |
wore on his breast the star Of a
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal
Order Of Kalakaua. On II
Majesty's right sat the Commander-in.
Chief of the Forces, Lieutenant Cen
eral the Hon. John o. Dominis, and
on the left His Excellency w. NJ
Gibson, Secretary of War and of the
Navy. Behind we're His Excellency
&c. p laukea, Adjutant General Of the
Forces; His Excellency Antoine Rosa,
Attorney General; Capt Samuel Now
lein, Quartermaster General, and Major
J. ID. Holt, Secretary and Add.
Camp to the COMMANDMENT Chief o
the opposite side of the building fro
the royal position was suspended pi
ture OF the King draped in the flags { {
Hawaii and the United States A q
bust of His Majesty stood at the head
of the room, and at both ends the
walls were profuse!y hung with flags.
Palm leaves and flowers were also
used with effect in decoration, and q
drum between arched rifles, adorned
with a wreath, was placed among the
| roof orders over the middle Of the
floor The Kings Guards in their
/. most glittering uniform occupied the
tier of seats to the right Of the royal
stand, adding to the brilliancy Of the
scene, which WIS still further enhanced
by military officers Of other corps, with
e members of the Rifles not on duty but
e in uniform, mingled amongst the we'll
G dressed multitude of ladies and gentle
S men filling the seats and much Of the
c standing room.
OF the exhibition drill il is hardly
: required that anything like a detailed
h much less critic i description, shoulc
g be given here. Suffice it to say that il
c every evolution or exercise where ;
c blunder or an imperfect execution ma,
have happened, there was repetition
of the thing given before Capt Ashore
!. was through with the exhibition, tina
4 showed the men capable Of doinl
n everything ordered them in faultles
a manner Perhaps the only noticeable
IS slips were a curved line in oompan
er wheeling once or twice, and the prema
'c ture clicking of hammer in singl
Is rifle in the firing exercise, Both alacrlt
rs and precision in a high degree wer
III manifested in the elaborate marchin
il, tactics gone through, the more Difficult
Is Of them being seemingly the be'
st performed. The GROWING achieve
ment Of the company was in tn
manual of arms without command
wherein the long series of exercise
k, were executed in almost perfect un
son. This part of the exhibition esp,
cially evoked hearty applause from III
Ter audience
re. At the conclusion of the drill Liel
ey tenant Hebbard advancing to the roy
station lifted a flagstaff surmountc
, d with a gilt eagle, and proceeded
nee unfurl a beautiful Hawaiian flag q
net tached to it. The guards of colo
we're ordered to advance, and oil
m Majesty arose and, reading an Apr
pirate speech, presented Captain AS
ford and his command with the fla
on behalf of the lady relatives al
on friends OF the officers and members
ow the Rifles, who had it made for Il
lo' company, it is beautiful silk fl,
q with an old gold fringe, AS the guar,
t J. marched back to the ranks with Il
| flag, the band played a triumph
tune.
Captain Ashford then came forwa
1 and delivered a neat and fluent spee'
in reply to the address Of presentatio
VS.. In referring to the patriotic associatio
viii and enthusiastic devotion that hi
RET from time immemorial clusteredaroul
In the banners and standards of nation
md he remarked upon the archaeology
eve discovery that flag mentioned in t
Book of Numbers was almost iden
tho cally the same as the national flag
;n0 China to this day,
40 The company was dismissed about
t quarter past 9, when dancing INN
; '0 ~ diately began, music being furnish
- by stringed instruments Of the Ro.
Hawaiian Band, under direction
on Professor Berger Seldom, if ever, /
ces there been a larger ball than this
$50 Honolulu And, excepting that
oly ladies' toilets were less elaborate a
the luxurious than usual in bathrooms